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Oooh, confirmation that Cohen figured out how to make a Being break its contract? If that supposition is true, it doesn’t sound at all pleasant for the Being. And if the goal was to see how long the Dog would function without a Master, I think the answer is not very long before Patrick glomed onto Sparrow and Bianca. Cohen wanted to talk to Miranda about Patrick when she gave him the brush off; Poe’s reaction when Miranda told him what had happened to Patrick and she promised never to do that to Poe. She hacked into Cohen’s research I bet.

And Bennett didn’t win? And I just realized I don’t think it was ever said which candidate Sparrow was political interning on behalf of. Unless it was just for the Democrats in general.

Sparrow was interning for a general pro-LGBT-rights group — they’ve given their official endorsement to a bunch of candidates in MA, in any election where one of the candidates was clearly more gay-friendly. In this case, that meant Team Not Bennett.

So hang on. Maybe I missed something, but didn’t both of the money makers in the comic basically tell Bennett, “You win, we help you”? I doubt Bennett’s got a fast track to K Street after his last few Congressional appearances.

Well, we already knew that the contract could be broken seeing as Patrick’s last owner is clearly still alive, but wow talk about abandonment issues… with humans it’s bad, but with Beings like Patrick, it’s got to be like the human equivalent of literally cutting your own heart out (to put it very mildly…)

Welp, here’s a question. Names have power in their world, but what if a person(human) doesn’t have a name? It’s clear that they’re still capable of making a contract using a pseudonym (as with Timothy), but what if that human doesn’t have a name that they can identify themselves with? (I ask because my real name actually belongs to my father (I’m a Junior), but I don’t personally identify with it as I’ve been called by my nickname since birth. As such, I can’t really say that I have a “real name” to start with.) Would something like that make a contract somewhat difficult to make or at the very least make it easier for the Being to say their master’s name?

As a follow up question, I know they don’t have a “kryptonite” (short of being away from their masters), but what exactly gives them strength? It’s clearly not just their physical limitations or the amount of practice they have (as the Kara Lynn could defeat well trained Tiger) Is it their personal happiness (as measured, by how well they pleased their masters), or some other set thing? And don’t just tell me that Power Levels are Bull…takimushrooms…

If you’re referring to my comment (hard to tell since Erin answered my other two questions after you.) Sorry, my comment was geared more towards Bianca’s seemingly ignorance of being able to (as Master or Being) break the contract.

It’s actually kind of like Bianca’s trying to say, “I don’t know how (and I don’t want to know how as) I couldn’t (throw away Patrick as he can’t take care of himself)…” If that makes sentence any sense… kind of sad that by trying to say that she’s actually hurting Patrick. The poor pup.

To the names question: Anything you identify with can be your True Name. Camellia chose a name she’d decided on that nobody had ever actually called her, and it worked. Jany could conceivably have entered the Contract as Saturn39, the username she answers to online. If everyone addresses you by a certain nickname, that’s perfectly valid, even if it isn’t the name on your birth certificate or the one you sign your checks with.

And to the strength question: It’s mostly from having a Master, being loved, following their Master’s commands, and fighting. Not necessarily in that order.